Las Vegas, NV Aug. 23, 2020—There’s a new (old) honor in Hollywood, and soon, everybody is going to want one!
Jason Young working on the new Dorians
“We were sending out Cue Cards that were printed with the award on it as an homage to Hollywood of old,” GALECA Founder/President John Griffiths stated. “But when Karel came to me with this new idea, I knew we had to run with it.”
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Alex Newell to Present Best Musical Moment on Televison at “Dorians TV Toast 2020”
Newell to Present Best Musical Moment on Televison at “Dorians TV Toast 2020”
Like A Rush Of Energy Or A Jolt Of Adrenaline, Certain Voices Sweep Us Off Our Feet. Alex Newell Wields Such A Voice. With Traffic-Stopping Delivery, Sweeping Range, And Wild Charisma, The GRAMMY® Award-Nominated Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Activist, And Performer Evokes A Physical Reaction Every Time He Steps Up To A Microphone. Whether Recording In The Studio, Performing On Broadway, Or Appearing On Television, He Instantly Connects. The Connection Grows Stronger On A Series Of New Singles For Big Beat Records And 2020 Project—His First In Four Years.
“I Always Think My Vocals Have To Be Bigger,” He Smiles. “I Pride Myself On Being The Loudest Singer I Know. It’s Important To Bring The Fullness Of The Actual Voice To The Forefront. It’s Like The Vocals Punch You In The Face Or Wake You Up. When You Hear My Music, You Should Want To Shutdown Somebody’s Runway, Strut Down Your Hall, Dance Around, Feel Good, Or Scream For No Reason.”
Alex Consistently Inspired This Level Of Elation. After Taking The Stage For The First Time At A State Fair At Two-Years-Old, The Lynn, MA Native Devoted A Lifetime To Singing And Performing. Millions Fell In Love With Newell’s Voice As He Brought Wade “Unique” Adams To Life On Glee Over The Course Of Four Seasons, Offering A Groundbreaking And Influential Depiction Of One Of Network Television’s Very First Transgender Characters (Newell Himself Identifies As A Gender Non-Conforming Male). Generating Over 200 Million Career Streams Thus Far, He Introduced A Simmering And Slick Style On His POWER EP In 2016—Which Hit #4 On The Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart And Yielded The Fan Favorites “This Ain’t Over,” “Basically Over You (B.O.Y.) & “Nobody To Love.”
In Addition To Collaborations With Clean Bandit And The Knocks, He Lent His Vocal Prowess To Blonde’s “All Cried Out” And DJ Cassidy’s “Kill The Lights” With Jess Glynne And Nile Rodgers, The Latter Of Which Clinched #1 On The Billboard Dance/Club Chart. Between Headlining And Supporting Adam Lambert On Tour, He Ignited Stages At Coachella, The Governor’s Ball Music Festival, And Beyond. Simultaneously, He Used His Platform To Uplift LGBTQ Youth Through Advocacy And Aligning With The Trevor Project And GLAAD, Among Other Organizations.
2018 Saw Him Switch Gears And Succeed Yet Again. Fulfilling A Formative Dream To Be On Broadway, He Joined The Tony Award-Winning Revival Of Once On This Island In The Role Of Asaka. After A Stellar Run, He Received A GRAMMY® Award Nomination In The Category Of Best Musical Theater Album To Cap It Off, In Addition To Giving Stunning Performances Of “Mama Will Provide” On Late Night With Seth Meyers, The TODAY Show And The 2018 Tony Awards.
“I Took A Break From My Solo Music To Focus On Other Passions,” He Admits. “Going Away From Something You Love Really Makes You Love It Even More. For My Entire Life, My Goal Was To Be On Broadway. I Did That, And I Got So Much From It. You’re Literally Doing The Same Exact Routine Everyday Though. I Needed To Get Out For A Little Bit. When The Show Closed, It Was Time To Go Back To The Expression I Get From Music, Which Is Truly My Own.”
In 2019, He Retreated To Los Angeles In Order To Dive Headfirst Into Another Chapter. Working In The Studio, He Embraced A Newfound Confidence.
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Hugh Jackman—’Bad’ Star, Winning Actor
Hugh Jackman: Best TV Performance—ActorFor the HBO TV movie Bad Education, in which he played Frank Tassone, a true-life school superintendent who wound up imprisoned for embezzling millions of dollars from his district in 2004.Jackman is an Academy Award® nominated, Golden Globe and Tony Award winning actor. From his turn on Broadway as the 1970’s singer/songwriter Peter Allen, to his metal claw-wielding Wolverine in the X-MEN franchise, Jackman has proven to be one of the most versatile actors of our time. In addition to his acting work, Hugh serves as an ambassador for World Vision Australia.
In 2009, he traveled to Ethiopia to visit a community development project and met a young coffee farmer named Dukale, working to lift his family out of poverty. Inspired by Dukale’s story, Jackman launched Laughing Man Coffee in 2011 to provide a marketplace for farmers in developing countries to sell their goods to consumers in the U.S. As part of his ongoing commitment, Hugh contributes 100% of his profits to the Laughing Man Foundation, which he created to support educational programs, community development and social entrepreneurs around the world
Hugh Jackman has made an impression on audiences of all ages with his multi-hyphenate career persona, as successful on stage in front of live crowds as he is on film. From his award-winning turn on Broadway as the 1970s singer/songwriter Peter Allen, to his metal claw-wielding Wolverine in the blockbuster X-Men franchise, Jackman has proven to be one of the most versatile actors of our time.
Jackman garnered his first Academy Award® nomination, for Best Actor, for his performance in Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables, based on the popular stage show created from Victor Hugo’s famous novel of the same name (essaying Jean Valjean in the musical drama also landed him a Dorian nomination in 2010). Jackman’s standout performance as protagonist Jean Valjean also earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical, as well as Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award® nominations, for both Best Ensemble and Best Male Actor in a Leading Role, and a BAFTA Award nomination.
Most recently, he was nominated for his role as P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman. Sales for the soundtrack to the film have broken records the world over and reached multi-platinum status in many countries including the UK and America.
Other eye-filling movie credits: Director Baz Lurhmann’s rip-roaring WWII-era adventure Australia with Nicole Kidman and 2017’s award-winning period blockbuster The Greatest Showman (in which he sold it as P.T. Barnum).
A former high school rugby and swim team star, Jackman today lets off his steam playing the piano and practicing yoga and Transcendental Mediation. He’s also an advisor to the Global Poverty Project, a huge supporter of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and helps the environment with proceeds from his Laughing Man coffee brand.Next up: A Broadway revival of The Music Man (if all goes as planned) and the futuristic sci-fi tale Reminiscence with Thandie Newton and rising star Rebecca Ferguson (The Girl on the Train).Twitter: @RealHughJackmanInstagram: @thehughjackmanSources: AEG publicity, Laughing Man coffee publicity, GALECA.org. -
Best Unsung TV Show: Fangs In for ‘Shadows’ (and Star Harvey Guillén!)
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW (FX)THE SHOW@theshadowsfxWhat We Do in the Shadows, based on the feature film by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, documents the nightly exploits of vampire roommates Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), Laszlo (Matt Berry) and Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) as they navigate the modern world of Staten Island with the help of their human familiar, Guillermo (Harvey Guillén).Over the course of season two, the vampires try to find their way in a world of human Super Bowl parties, internet trolls, an energy vampire who gets a promotion and becomes drunk on power and of course, all the ghosts, witches, necromancers, zombies and shadowy cloaked assassins who roam freely in the Tri-State area. Is Guillermo destined to be a vampire or a vampire hunter? Or maybe just a familiar for the rest of his life?Clement created the series. Clement, Waititi and Paul Simms are Executive Producers with Scott Rudin, Garrett Basch, Eli Bush and Stefani Robinson. What We Do in the Shadows is produced by FX Productions.ACCEPTING THE DORIAN:HARVEY GUILLÉN, COSTARAs “Guillermo De La Cruz”Twitter: @harveyguillenInstagram: @harveyguillenHarvey Guillén’s acting journey began as a six-year-old watching Annie on TV. He ran over to his mother and said, “I want to be that! I want to be an orphan!” Confused, his mother then explained that those kids were just actors. Guillén’s mother told him in order to be an actor, it would take a lot of money for training—money the financially struggling family did not have. Soon after, Guillén became inspired by a man collecting recyclables out of trash cans to sell to the local recycling center and would go on to do the exact same in order to save for his first acting classes.Guillén has been a series regular on MTV’s Eye Candy and ABC Family’s Huge. He guest starred in the Apple series Little America, HBO’s Room 104 and Don’t Look Too Deep directed by Catherine Hardwick. He also served as a recurring guest star on season three of NBC’s The Good Place and Nickelodeon’s The Thundermans. As for his film credits, he is best known for his supporting role alongside Vince Vaughn, Rose Byrne and Owen Wilson in The Internship in addition to Netflix’s horror film Truth or Dare. Guillén is the recipient of a GLAAD Award for his work on Raising Hope and produced the award- winning LGBTQ+ web series The Filth.
Source: FX
